Common name: Soil bugClass: Insecta Order: HemipteraEcological niche: Scavengers Distinguishing characteristics: All members of the
order Hemiptera have piercing/sucking mouthparts
contained within a distinctive beak (proboscis) that
arises near the front of the head. As adults, most
have very distinctive front wings (hemelytra) in which
the basal half is leathery and the apical half is
membranous.